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Cab Calloway

Singer, Actor, Bandleader

(Dec 25, 1907 - Nov 18, 1994)

KNOWN FOR

Song "Minnie the Moocher," film Hi-De-Ho.

QUOTE

"My audience was my life. What I did and how I did it, was all for my audience."

Cab Calloway: Sketches

Cab’s Straight Hair

Premiere date: February 26, 2012 | 0:01:49

Horn player Gerald Wilson, jazz writer Gary Giddens, and jazz critic/cultural historian Stanley Crouch discuss how Cab’s straight hair, unusual in people of African American descent, and his ability to toss it while performing, played into his persona and popularity as an entertainer. Cab Calloway: Sketches premieres nationally Monday, February 27 at 10 p.m. (check local listings).